IUCN Status: Near Threatened
EPBC Threat Rating: N/A
IUCN Claim: “Forest fragmentation combined with predation from foxes appear to be the principal reasons for the decline of the species. Grazing and burning regimes that affect availability of shelter are a disadvantage to populations (Maxwell et al. 1996). Reintroductions of the species have been unsuccessful due to fox predation.’”
Found in 1% of fox scats in one site (Glen et al. 2011). In one study, foxes hunted 12 of 12 reintroduced, predator-inexperienced, wallabies (Short et al. 1992).
No studies
There are no studies evidencing a negative association between foxes
and parma wallaby populations. The fate of reintroduced animals is not a
reliable proxy for the fate of populations.
Glen, A. S., et al. “Diets of sympatric native and introduced carnivores in the Barrington Tops, eastern Australia.”†Austral Ecology†36.3 (2011): 290-296.
Short, J., Bradshaw, S. D., Giles, J., Prince, R. I. T., & Wilson, G. R. (1992). Reintroduction of macropods (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea) in Australia—a review. Biological Conservation, 62(3), 189-204.
Wallach et al. 2023 In Submission